When Bill Roberts saw the $3,000 increase in his annual property tax bill — to nearly $14,000 — he told his family they might have to cut back.
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However, some of those tax bills have gone right through the roof this year, thanks in large part to a property assessment that jumped 18 percent or more for some houses.

The bills, which arrived a couple of weeks ago, sparked a flurry of angry, frustrated e-mails among residents and has the typically peaceful subdivision up in arms.
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Still unclear in this case is how assessments were raised.

Fremont Township Assessor Ed Sullivan Jr. said he used data based on recent home sales and doesn’t know why Avon’s assessments were lower in the first place.

“For whatever reason, it was lower than ours,”